Card No. 37

The answers

1. Since 1851

   Western Union's telegram service

   Done for 2006

   Western Union discontinued telegrams on January 27, 2006. In the 1920s it was sending more than 200 million a year.

2. Since 1955

   Captain Kangaroo, a weekday morning kids' show on CBS

   Done for 1984

   CBS aired the last episode on December 8, 1984, after 29 years and 6,090 episodes. Bob Keeshan played the Captain the whole way.

3. Since 1996

   ICQ, the instant messenger with the flower logo

   Done for 2024

   ICQ ran a lot longer than most people assumed. Its owner, VK, shut it down on June 26, 2024. It still had about 11 million monthly users in 2022.

4. Since 1965

   A passenger hovercraft between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

   Still going

   Hovertravel crosses the Solent in under 10 minutes. It started in July 1965 and is now the oldest hovercraft operator in the world, flying two 78-seat craft.

5. Since 1998

   Netflix DVDs by mail in red envelopes

   Done for 2023

   Netflix mailed its last red envelopes on September 29, 2023, after shipping about 5.2 billion DVDs. Customers got to keep whatever discs they had out.